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| FRIDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER |
| 1000 - 1700 | Meeting of INCD Steering Committee |
| 1800 | Registration Opens |
| 1900 - 2200 | Welcoming Remarks |
| Hans Lehmann, President of Suisseculture, Switzerland | |
| Megan Williams, National Director of the Canadian Conference of the Arts, Secretariat of the INCD |
| Noreen Tomassi, President, Arts International |
| Garry Neil, Coordinator of the International Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD) |
| Dinner (modest admission may be charged) |
| Dance Performance by the Shidaa Cultural Company from Ghana |
| SATURDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER |
| 0900 - 1100 | KEYNOTE DIALOGUE
"Cultural diversity: an antidote to globalization."
The keynote dialogue will involve artists discussing key issues such
as the local, national and international scope of inclusiveness and the role of
governments, business and the artist in promoting diversity. |
| Moderator: | RH Thomson, actor, broadcaster and playwright, Canada |
| Speakers: | Mohan Agashe, India, Actor, theatre director, now Director of the Film and Television Institute |
| Lillian Jiminez, USA, Association of Independent Video and Film makers |
| Katarina Marinaki, Greece, scriptwriter, President of scriptwriters guild of Greece and president of European scriptwriters' guild |
| Japan Mthembu, South Africa, stage and screen actor, General Secretary of Performing Arts Workers Equity (PAWE) |
| Irma Pietrasanta, Mexico, independent video producer, organizer |
| 1100 - 1120 | Nutrition Break |
| 1120 - 1300 | NEW INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY (NIICD):
Act 1: Building the Instrument
International law expert Ivan Bernier will present the concept of a new international
instrument for cultural diversity, a survey of existing international commitments and
preliminary ideas of what kind of instrument can be effective in preserving sovereignty
and encouraging states to promote cultural diversity. A panel of respondents from
around the world, representing different regions and communities, will comment on the
proposal. |
| Moderator: | James Early, USA, Director, Cultural Studies and Communication, Smithsonian Institute Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Steering Committee member, INCD |
| Speakers: | Ivan Bernier, Canada, Professor of International law, Université Laval, and consultant to the International Network for Cultural Policy (INCP) on the NIICD |
| Burama Sagnia, Senegal Coordinator, African Itinerant College for Culture and Development |
| Hong-joon Kim, Korea, Coalition for Cultural Diversity in Moving Images |
| Yvon Thiec, Belgium, Representative of Eurocinéma |
| Christine von Weizsacker, Director of the Biodiversity and Biotechnology Program, Ecoropa, Germany |
| Wilton Littlechild, Founder of the International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development, Canada |
| 1300 - 1420 | Lunch - Speaker: Dagfinn Bach, Artspages, Norway |
| 1420 - 1600 | REGIONAL WORKSHOPS
In small regional working groups, delegates will discuss the elements of the instrument
and their ideas about how it will be negotiated and administered. This includes the
role of the INCD and other NGOs in developing the instrument and the need to enlist
government allies. Steering Committee members will moderate , and rapporteurs will
include a report on the discussion in their remarks for the next session. |
| Western and Eastern Europe |
| Moderator: | Alexander Cacavas, Scriptwriters Guild of Greece |
| Speakers: | Peter Curman, Sweden, Swedish Joint Committee of Literary and Artistic Professionals
(KLYS) |
| Nina Obuljen, Croatia, Culturelink |
| Aziz Zeria, England, Northern Arts |
| Olyesa Turkina, Russia, Curator of Contemporary Art, State Russian Museum
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| Rapporteur: | Lucianna Castellina, Italy, President,
Italia Cinema, representative of the Valencia Forum |
| East Asia and South East Asia |
| Moderator: | Dick Letts, Executive Director, Music Council of Australia |
| Speakers: | Atul Kumar - Director, India, The Company Theatre |
| Ajarn Sulak Sivaraksa, Thailand, Author and director of the Santi Prachadamma Institute |
| Gihwan Yang, Korea, General Director, Coalition for Cultural Diversity in Moving Images |
| Eleanor Dictan Bang-oa, Phillippines, Tebtebba Foundation |
| Rapporteur: | Ong Keng Sen - Singapore, Theatre Director, Theatreworks |
| Americas |
| Moderator: | Mireille Gagné, Canada, Director, Canadian Music Centre |
| Speakers: | Sandra Perez, USA, General Director, Association of Hispanic Arts |
| Carmen Romero, Chile, performer |
| Errol Williams, Bermuda, independent film-maker |
| Rapporteur: | Jose Luis Aguirre, Bolivia , Radio and Television Development Service,
Catholic University of Bolivia |
| Africa and the Middle East |
| Moderator: | Japan Mthembu, South Africa, General Secretary of Performing Arts Workers Equity (PAWE) |
| Speakers: | Richard Assemian, Côte d'Ivoire, President, Association des Jeunes pour la Culture Africaine |
| Viriato Tamele, Mozambique, Coordinator, Coalition for Economic Justice |
| Iman al Hindawi, Jordan, Executive Director, Middle East Centre for Culture and Development |
| Rapporteur: | Pinkie Mseleku, South Africa, Film Commissioner for the West Cape |
| 1600 - 1620 | Nutrition Break |
| 1620 - 1830 | NIICD Act 2: Building the Instrument
The speakers will report back on the regional workshops then engage in a detailed
discussion of the challenges to cultural diversity encountered in different regions
and sectors, the means which have been found to promote cultural diversity, and the
ways that cultural diversity could best be encouraged through an international
covenant. Discussion will be introduced and summarized by international lawyer
Peter Grant. |
| Moderator: |
Peter Grant, Canada, member of the Sectoral Advisory Group on International Trade,
international lawyer with McCarthy Tetrault |
| Speakers: | Pinkie Mseleku, South Africa, Film Commissioner for the West Cape |
| Jose Luis Aguirre, Bolivia, Radio and Television Development Service,
Catholic University of Bolivia |
| Ong Keng Sen, Singapore, Theatre Director |
| Lucianna Castellina, Italy, President, Italia Cinema, representative of the Valencia Forum |
| Pierre Curzi, Canada, Vice-president, Coalition for Cultural Diversity |
| SUNDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER |
| 0900 - 1030 | NIICD Act 3: Part of the Solution, or Part of the Problem?
A discussion with and about UNESCO, WTO, INCP and other intergovernmental
institutions. What is their role, if any, in the NIICD? |
| Moderator: | Dick Letts, Australia, Music Council of Australia |
| Speakers: | Bernard Kuiten, Counsellor, External Relations Division, World Trade Organization (WTO) |
| Katérina Stenou, Director of Cultural Policy, UNESCO |
| David Streiff, Director, Federal Bureau of Culture, Switzerland |
| Madelena Grossman, Council of Europe, France |
| Claude Boucher, Counsellor of the General Secretary, la Francophonie |
| 1030 - 1050 | Nutrition Break |
| 1050 - 1200 | Moderated Discussion: Declaration to the Ministers
Participants will discuss the draft of a statement to the ministers on the Question of
a new instrument for cultural diversity. |
| Moderators: | James Early and RH Thomson |
| 1630 - 1650 | Lunch reception with the Ministers of Culture |
| 1430 - 1630 | INCD BUSINESS MEETING
- By-laws
- Election of Steering Committee
- Membership
- Finances
- Communication
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| 1630 - 1650 | Nutrition Break |
| 1650 - 1800 | NIICD, ACT 4
Synthesis, decisions and direction to the Steering Committee about the New
Instrument
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| MONDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER |
| 1115 - 1215 | Steering Committee to meet with Ministers of Culture |
